Late Light

The new novel from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Overstory

When his older siblings, Ritchie and ‘Mouse,’ leave the dysfunctional family home, younger brother Charlie is left behind. His only means of escape are his ‘episodes’: moments in which he seems to step outside of reality and become connected to the universe itself.

Decades later, older brother Ritchie is reckoning with a tragedy whose consequences reach far beyond a single life when he receives heartbreaking news from Charlie’s home in the Great Smoky Mountains. Surrounded by the beauty of the ancient forests, Ritchie is forced to reckon once and for all with the intertwined lives of those he has loved.

Exploring brotherhood, grief, and the bonds that tie us to one another, Late Light is a heartbreaking, joyous song to the universe from one of the great storytellers of our time.

Praise for Richard Powers

'Powers' insightful, often poetic prose draws us at once more deeply toward the infinitude of the imagination.' New York Times

'There's no other way to say it: Richard Powers is a genius.' Time Out

'Part of the joy of reading Powers over the years has been his capacity for revelation.' Colson Whitehead

'It's not possible for Powers to write an uninteresting book.' Margaret Atwood

'I'm in awe of his talent.' Oprah Winfrey